ABSTRACT

In the preceding chapter, I presented a case that, based upon the descriptive definition of the 24-hour city, we could find the weight of evidence supporting two key claims. The first is the assertion that, based on housing, urban retailing, transportation, crime, and public amenities, the seven cities proposed as 24-hour places could be distinguished in measurable ways from the seven cities proposed as 9-to-5 locations. The second is that, once the measurements were taken, the 24-hour places were not only different, but statistically superior.